http://www.followtheboat.com Tales (not just) from the high seas Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:30:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/05/21/the-haven-that-is-the-royal-bombay-yacht-club/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/05/21/the-haven-that-is-the-royal-bombay-yacht-club/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 09:26:23 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=19952 Welcome to the Royal Bombay Yacht Club, a bastion of colonial elitism where entry is by invite only. Set in a prime location in Mumbai the RBYC offered the rally participants a haven from the dodgy anchorage and searing heat of our new host country. Photography of this wonderful building is strictly forbidden, so here is the unofficial, uncommissioned, illegal followtheboat slide show of the RBYC!]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/05/21/the-haven-that-is-the-royal-bombay-yacht-club/feed/ 3 http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/11/08/stop-asking-for-presents/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/11/08/stop-asking-for-presents/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:48:12 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=18503 Today is arrival day. Our predicted landfall is 1600 and I'm writing this as we motor across flat calm water towards Port Said, so we'll see if my ETA is correct. Although we can't see land the depth is only 20 metres, and we've passed a couple of oil rigs and been overtaken by a huge cargo ship. With the hazy sun the entire experience reminds me of the east coast of the UK. On a good day. Instead of familiar Turkish banter the VHF is now choca with angry-sounding Arabic fishermen. ]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2009/11/08/stop-asking-for-presents/feed/ 6